DE68929379D1 - Microprocessor system controller for use in a mail processing system - Google Patents

Microprocessor system controller for use in a mail processing system

Info

Publication number
DE68929379D1
DE68929379D1 DE68929379T DE68929379T DE68929379D1 DE 68929379 D1 DE68929379 D1 DE 68929379D1 DE 68929379 T DE68929379 T DE 68929379T DE 68929379 T DE68929379 T DE 68929379T DE 68929379 D1 DE68929379 D1 DE 68929379D1
Authority
DE
Germany
Prior art keywords
mail processing
processing system
system controller
microprocessor
microprocessor system
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
DE68929379T
Other languages
German (de)
Other versions
DE68929379T2 (en
Inventor
Peter C Digiulio
Edilberto I Salazar
Norman J Bergman
Frank D Ramirez
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Pitney Bowes Inc
Original Assignee
Pitney Bowes Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Family has litigation
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=23076940&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=DE68929379(D1) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Application filed by Pitney Bowes Inc filed Critical Pitney Bowes Inc
Publication of DE68929379D1 publication Critical patent/DE68929379D1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of DE68929379T2 publication Critical patent/DE68929379T2/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00491—Mail/envelope/insert handling system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00669—Sensing the position of mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00669—Sensing the position of mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00677—Keeping track of mailpieces inside apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00685—Measuring the dimensions of mailpieces

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Controlling Sheets Or Webs (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
DE68929379T 1988-12-08 1989-11-10 Microprocessor system controller for use in a mail processing system Expired - Fee Related DE68929379T2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US07/281,355 US4959600A (en) 1988-12-08 1988-12-08 Microprocessor system controller for mail processing system applications

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
DE68929379D1 true DE68929379D1 (en) 2002-04-11
DE68929379T2 DE68929379T2 (en) 2002-10-17

Family

ID=23076940

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
DE68922830T Expired - Fee Related DE68922830T3 (en) 1988-12-08 1989-11-10 Microprocessor system controller for use in a mail processing system.
DE68929379T Expired - Fee Related DE68929379T2 (en) 1988-12-08 1989-11-10 Microprocessor system controller for use in a mail processing system

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
DE68922830T Expired - Fee Related DE68922830T3 (en) 1988-12-08 1989-11-10 Microprocessor system controller for use in a mail processing system.

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (1) US4959600A (en)
EP (2) EP0621085B2 (en)
JP (1) JP3212594B2 (en)
AU (1) AU612555B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2001394C (en)
DE (2) DE68922830T3 (en)

Families Citing this family (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4897587A (en) * 1988-12-08 1990-01-30 Pitney Bowes Inc. Microprocessor motor controller having discrete processing cycles
US5227970A (en) * 1990-07-06 1993-07-13 Bernard C. Harris Publishing Methods and systems for updating group mailing lists
US5154246A (en) * 1991-03-08 1992-10-13 Pitney Bowes Inc. Sensor processor for high-speed mail-handling machine
JP2773489B2 (en) * 1991-09-27 1998-07-09 澁谷工業株式会社 Operation status display device of article processing system
US5295677A (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-03-22 Videojet Systems International, Inc. Speed control for document handling system
US5612888A (en) * 1995-04-13 1997-03-18 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method and apparatus for generating a mailpiece
US6226559B1 (en) * 1995-12-14 2001-05-01 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method of providing real time machine control system particularly suited for a postage meter mailing machine
US5777443A (en) * 1996-01-30 1998-07-07 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Segmented drive system for a binding line
JP3559661B2 (en) * 1996-10-22 2004-09-02 キヤノン株式会社 Image forming apparatus and control device
US5813327A (en) * 1996-12-26 1998-09-29 Pitney Bowes Inc. Article transport apparatus
DE19860296B4 (en) * 1998-12-18 2007-10-11 Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh Method and arrangement for controlling a dynamic balance
DE10144987A1 (en) 2001-09-12 2003-07-24 Rexroth Indramat Gmbh Process for controlling and / or regulating industrial processes
US6772043B1 (en) * 2003-02-05 2004-08-03 T.M.C., S.P.A. Apparatus for automatically controlling the work flow of an automatic wrapping machine, in particular for rolls of paper

Family Cites Families (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1963237C3 (en) * 1968-12-23 1978-06-15 Fujitsu Ltd., Kawasaki, Kanagawa (Japan) Numerical program control device with time division multiplex operation
US4306292A (en) * 1971-04-16 1981-12-15 Texas Instruments Incorporated Segmented asynchronous operation of an automated assembly line
DE2753087A1 (en) * 1977-11-29 1979-05-31 Zangs Ag Maschf DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRAME ON EMBROIDERY MACHINES OR SEWING MACHINES
US4308579A (en) * 1979-02-21 1981-12-29 Pitney Bowes Inc. Multiprocessor parcel postage metering system having serial data bus
CH637228A5 (en) * 1980-03-27 1983-07-15 Willemin Machines Sa DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MACHINE OR INSTALLATION.
JPS5862707A (en) * 1981-10-09 1983-04-14 Fanuc Ltd Numerical control system
JPS59218513A (en) * 1983-05-26 1984-12-08 Fanuc Ltd Arc control method of industrial robot
IT1180106B (en) * 1984-11-05 1987-09-23 Olivetti & Co Spa CIRCUIT FOR PILOTING ELECTRIC MOTORS OF TABULATION SELECTION AND INTERLINE OF A ELECTRONIC WRITING MACHINE
JPH0668788B2 (en) * 1985-02-27 1994-08-31 オムロン株式会社 Delivery acceptance device
JPS61285503A (en) * 1985-06-12 1986-12-16 Hitachi Ltd Digital control method
JPS62131786A (en) * 1985-12-02 1987-06-15 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Speed controller for brushless motor
AU599336B2 (en) * 1986-10-17 1990-07-19 Wu Sheng-Jung Microcomputerized automatic post counter
US4800506A (en) * 1987-03-13 1989-01-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Apparatus for preparing mail pieces
US4797832A (en) * 1987-03-13 1989-01-10 Pitney Bowes Inc. Letter preparing apparatus
US4800504A (en) * 1987-03-13 1989-01-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Interactive outgoing and incoming mailpiece processing system
US4796196A (en) * 1987-03-13 1989-01-03 Pitney Bowes Inc. Letter processing apparatus
US4821203A (en) * 1987-05-12 1989-04-11 Marq Packaging Systems, Inc. Computer adjustable case handling machine
US4787311A (en) * 1987-08-19 1988-11-29 Pitney Bowes Inc. Mailing machine envelope transport system
AU602613B2 (en) * 1988-10-14 1990-10-18 Pitney-Bowes Inc. Drive control system for imprinting apparatus
US4897587A (en) * 1988-12-08 1990-01-30 Pitney Bowes Inc. Microprocessor motor controller having discrete processing cycles

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP0621085B1 (en) 2002-03-06
DE68922830T2 (en) 1995-10-12
AU4380189A (en) 1990-06-14
US4959600A (en) 1990-09-25
JP3212594B2 (en) 2001-09-25
AU612555B2 (en) 1991-07-11
EP0372726B2 (en) 1999-07-14
EP0372726A3 (en) 1992-02-26
EP0621085B2 (en) 2009-01-28
DE68922830T3 (en) 1999-12-02
EP0372726A2 (en) 1990-06-13
CA2001394A1 (en) 1990-06-08
CA2001394C (en) 1998-11-10
DE68929379T2 (en) 2002-10-17
EP0372726B1 (en) 1995-05-24
JPH02231339A (en) 1990-09-13
EP0621085A1 (en) 1994-10-26
DE68922830D1 (en) 1995-06-29

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
DE68927415T2 (en) Context switching method and arrangement for use in a vector processing system
DE3751901D1 (en) Device for use in a computer
DE3688526T2 (en) Method and device for troubleshooting in a distributed processing system.
DE68927218T2 (en) Method and device for status code in a central processor
DE68903807T2 (en) DEVICE FOR HOMOGENIZING AND DELIVERING A BEVERAGE.
GB8816667D0 (en) Improvements in pollution control
DE58905623D1 (en) Device for continuous hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration.
DE69221986T2 (en) Interrupt retry reduction apparatus
DE68929379T2 (en) Microprocessor system controller for use in a mail processing system
DE9406826U1 (en) Device for connecting chairs in series
DE3885598D1 (en) Spring for use in an orthodontic bracket.
DE68906273T2 (en) DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT WORK IN A PIPE.
DE58908813D1 (en) Device for receiving and storing individual sheets in a container.
DE69026489T2 (en) Film magazine for film feeding in a film processor and magazine preparation device
GB8928570D0 (en) Treating liquids in filters
DE69029121T2 (en) Device for checking participants in a communication device
GB2227090B (en) A method and device for determining the actual artificial alpha aerosol activity concentration in air
EP0346524A3 (en) Securing device for sleeve-joints in scaffolding
DE68928737T2 (en) DEVICE FOR HANDLING DOCUMENTS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
GB8829565D0 (en) Improvements in or relating to warning apparatus
DE59010857D1 (en) Device for providing commands in a microprocessor
DE3790555D2 (en) Hydro-massageduese zur erzeugung eines luftsprudels in einem wasserbecken
DE9321231U1 (en) Device for maintaining a predetermined humidity in a showcase
DE8817237U1 (en) Device for determining a certain level in a container
DE3990616T1 (en) DEVICE FOR DETECTING LOSS OR UNWANTED CONSUMPTION IN A PIPE SYSTEM

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
8364 No opposition during term of opposition
8363 Opposition against the patent
8380 Miscellaneous part iii

Free format text: DIE RECHTKRAFT IST NICHT EINGETRETEN, WIRKSAMER EINSPRUCH AM 06.12.02 EINGEGANGEN

8366 Restricted maintained after opposition proceedings
8339 Ceased/non-payment of the annual fee